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Prologue

It began in December, 1943 with the delivery of the 8th and 9th YP-59 Airacomets (s/n 42-108778 and 42-100779) to the Navy for investigation of bringing jets to aircraft carriers. By all accounts, one wouldn’t have been surprised if the Navy had passed on the concept based on initial impressions from these prototypes (also designated [...]

The U.S. Coast Guard marks more than a million lives saved   in a 217th birthday ceremony Saturday.  Eagle1 has a great rundown on the "Top 10" rescues ( as provided by USCG PAO).  Besides the Katrina rescues, there are some very notable, if obscure efforts listed (see espcially the write-ups on the Prinsendam and Bermuda [...]

So, we have Flightdeck Friday and now, having taken full leave of our senses, we have determined that following the MAKS 07   series and some others  , perhaps there is enough interest (and fodder) out there for a recurring feature on elements of the naval- and air forces of Russia, China and North Korea - and their [...]

 Part 6   and Part 7  

YV-411, airborne SE of Martinique. 
There is a saying in aviation that if everything seems to be going perfectly, then look out, for something really bad is about happen. These were the thoughts of the Beechcraft’s pilot as the plane was inbound to its illicit rendezvous. Cockpit lights turned so low that [...]

So…what do you get when you combine one errant F6F drone, some USAF F-89 Scorpions and a populated center in Southern California?   Mayhem.  Or The Battle of Palmdale (1956):

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So, MAKS ‘07 wrapped up Sunday and what was the final talley?   100,000 visitors daily (new records for the show), but  a mere $1.5B US in sales (mlitary and civilian).   According to Russia Today (Business)  Ilyushin Finance was the biggest winner with $1B in sales, mostly stemming from sales of the mid-range Tupolev Tu-204 [...]

Yep, you read the headiline right — from Reuters:

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A wealthy Russian tried to buy a U.S. B-52 bomber from a group of shocked American pilots at an air show near Moscow, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday.

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The unidentified Russian, wearing sunglasses and surrounded by bodyguards, approached the U.S. delegation and [...]

Posted for the (junior) scriblet who has one week of freedom left.  Sort of, since bandcamp was last week and that season has started - meaning YHS and the missus will have no social life for the next 4 months outside of band…

 
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Say this about the Russians - definitely getting slicker in their marketing than their Soviet forebears…
(and it’s in English too)
 

 
Techie note - have been experimenting with inserting Flash objects this weekend, so if the above just shows up as a blank check your browser settings or if you are on a network that blocks Flash objects, [...]

OK, more Plane Pя0n…gonna try something a little different, so look below the fold.  Workplace safe, unless you’re on NMCI or related - then you won’t see anything  
 
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